In Brief

Business students step up

Four Memorial business students finished in second place last month
in the Network of International Business Schools (NIBS) case
competition in Coventry, England.

Team members Samantha Attwood, Erin Gullage, MaryBeth Handrigan and
Adam Power are all accounting students in Memorial’s bachelor
of commerce (co-op) program. Prior to attending the competition the
four business students had spent the winter semester studying at
Memorial’s Harlow Campus in England.

Professor and competition coach Peggy Coady believes that this
international experience benefited the students during the
competition.

“Throughout the competition the students referred to material
they had studied in Harlow such as international business law with
Professor George Cummins and business ethics with Dr. Bob
Sexty,” Prof. Coady said. “This coupled with a strong
presentation style led to excellent feedback from the
judges.”

In round robin play the Memorial team competed against teams from
around the world, such as the International Business Academy
(Denmark), Leuven School of Business and Economics (Belgium) and
the host school, Coventry University. Memorial emerged as victors
in the semifinal round against the University of Missouri and faced
Helsinki School of Economics in the finals.

Conference planning

Members of the university community are invited to attend the first
planning session for the 36th annual conference of the Canadian
Society for 18th-Century Studies/La Société
canadienne d’étude du dix-huitième
siècle (CSECS/SCEDS). The session takes place on Wednesday,
May 7, from 1-2 p.m. in room A-3018.

Memorial University is hosting the conference Oct. 14-16, 2010. The
last conference in 1992 attracted more than 200 delegates from both
sides of the Atlantic.

Sessions will cover all aspects of the 18th century in both
official languages as well as German, Spanish, Italian and Russian.
Papers in Arts and Sciences, from the Library to the Faculty of
Medicine, the School of Music and beyond will be considered.
Students are always welcome to join in.

Anyone interested in participating is invited to contact Dr. Don
Nichol, Department of English, at 737-8064 or dnichol@mun.ca.

Memorial connection to major award

An alumna and respected friend of Memorial is being honoured with a
prestigious award.

Rose Patten, who is originally from this province, is one of eight
women who will be recognized with the YWCA Toronto Woman of
Distinction Award. She is being singled out for her corporate
leadership.

Her volunteer and philanthropic leadership includes working with
Memorial, as well as the National Ballet and the Hospital for Sick
Children, amongst others.

She is one of this country’s leading business executives. In
fact, she was the first woman to sit on the executive committee of
BMO Financial.

According to the YWCA Toronto, Ms. Patten “exemplifies a face
of leadership that is open, collaborative, and collegial and that
invites all voices to the table.

Symposium to mark union anniversary

To mark the 100th anniversary of the formation of the
Fisherman’s Protective Union (FPU), the Newfoundland
Historical Society will be holding a public symposium titled To
Each His Own from May 30-31 in Port Union.

The only union-built town in North America, Port Union was the
embodiment of Sir William Ford Coaker’s vision for the FPU
and within its first decades, it became a thriving centre of
mercantile activity.

The symposium will address several issues surrounding
Coaker’s formation of the FPU including the 1913 election,
how life unfolded in a union town, and the union’s response
to the sealing disasters of 1914.

Featured speakers include several members of the Faculty of Arts,
including Terry Bishop-Stirling, Drs. James Hiller and Sean Cadigan
of the history department and Dr. Patrick O’Flaherty,
professor emeritus and former head of English.

The symposium is free and open to the public. Tickets are required
for the banquet. For further information contact 722-3191 or
nhs@nf.aibn.com.